MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F231.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2509251200F231.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 231 hour GFS valid 3Z SUN 5 OCT 25 Station: 32.18,-90.02 Latitude: 32.18 Longitude: -90.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 101 SFC 999 110 19.9 15.2 75 4.6 16.9 138 6 293.1 295.0 290.0 324.3 10.95 2 950 547 22.1 13.1 57 8.9 16.3 142 16 299.6 301.4 291.4 329.0 10.03 3 900 1015 19.5 11.6 60 7.9 14.5 191 9 301.6 303.4 291.7 329.9 9.56 4 850 1505 15.8 9.8 67 6.0 12.1 235 8 302.7 304.4 291.6 329.4 8.98 5 800 2016 11.4 8.3 81 3.1 9.5 278 10 303.3 304.9 291.5 329.0 8.62 6 750 2553 8.9 0.7 56 8.2 4.6 300 10 306.2 307.2 289.6 322.7 5.37 7 700 3123 7.5 -11.0 26 18.5 -0.2 282 12 310.8 311.3 288.2 318.4 2.36 8 650 3729 4.5 -12.8 27 17.3 -2.5 274 17 314.0 314.4 289.1 321.2 2.19 9 600 4376 0.9 -19.2 21 20.1 -6.0 265 20 317.2 317.5 289.3 321.9 1.39 10 550 5070 -2.9 -29.5 11 26.6 -9.9 266 20 320.6 320.8 289.6 322.8 0.60 11 500 5818 -7.7 -32.1 12 24.4 -13.5 256 18 323.6 323.8 290.4 325.5 0.52 12 450 6629 -12.6 -39.3 9 26.7 -17.5 243 19 327.4 327.5 291.3 328.5 0.28 13 400 7516 -19.5 -45.0 8 25.5 -23.0 262 20 329.6 329.6 291.8 330.3 0.17 14 350 8491 -27.8 -49.5 11 21.8 -29.9 248 22 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.8 0.12 15 300 9579 -36.2 -53.1 16 16.9 -37.3 242 36 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.8 0.09 16 250 10821 -44.6 -58.8 19 14.3 -45.2 235 45 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.0 0.05 17 200 12287 -52.8 -67.9 15 15.0 -53.2 233 50 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.02 18 150 14099 -62.8 -77.6 12 14.8 -62.9 234 43 361.9 361.9 299.1 361.9 0.01 19 100 16541 -70.1 -82.6 14 12.5 -70.2 232 24 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.44 m Freezing level: 587.79 mb = 4545.69 m = 14913.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 702.52 mb = 3093.24 m = 10148.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.74 % Est. max temperature: 29.48 C = 85.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.80 mb = 705.35 m = 2314.11 ft T: 21.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 11.46 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 775.00 mb = 2280.31 m = 7481.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.52 C = 88.73 F Cap Strength: 4.49 C Lifted Index: 4.47 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.86 C Showalter Index: 3.82 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.01 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.51 C Cross Totals Index: 17.50 C K Index: 14.81 Risk: None Sweat Index: 151.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6261.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.52 mb = 1539.22 m = 5049.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.1 at 14.2 knts Storm direction: 289.1 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.8 neg: -1.4 tot: 67.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.51 Bulk Shear: 64.43 m/s